Workers in liberia, nancy ripold currently getting an experimental drug, wasnt enough left, so dr. Kent brantley got a unit of blood from a teenage boy who had survived the disease. How the impact of the ebola impact is reaching into our neighborhood. Reporter Nathaniel Dennis loved the Baltimore Ravens and had loads of friends, a local Community College student and aspiring musician. He was visiting family in liberia when he physical gravely ill. When he was first admitted to the hospital, they put him in the ebola ward. Reporter his cousin said nathaniel fell victim to circumstances. Turns out he did not have ebola but couldnt get the needed medical care out of the country because the Ebola Outbreak left him grounded. Nathaniel died. Now she waits for his body to return to the u. S. Along with his grieving mother. There are current think 1,323 cases of ebola currently 1,323 cases of ebola, 729 deaths including a passenger from nigeria that was going to return to minnesota next month. He got it from his sister. Reporter the cdc sent additional workers to the west african region and cautioned against nonessential travel to liberia, guinea and is sierra leone. Here she keeps contact with her own dad who was also in liberia. How are you all feeling over there . Are you pretty much going on with everyday life . We find ourselves in a situation that we have to manage and basically thats what we are doing. Reporter 60 to 70 of people who get ebola will die. Medical experts dont believe ebola could spread here the way it has in west africa. Thats because we have a much more advanced medical care system. Israel and hamas have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire and it starts in just hours. A joint statement from the u. S. And the United Nations insists this ceasefire is critical to give civilians a much needed reprieve from the violence. Over the next three days humanitarian relief will arrive while the survivors of the bombings take the time to bury the dead and restock food supplies. Here is something that will drive you crazy. Tonight rhode island avenue in hyattsville is closed and will be closed through tomorrow morning. This is the reason why. A busted water main sent millions of gallons of water gushing into the street. A pipe ruptured around 4 30 this afternoon and crews have been trying to fix testify since. Mola lenghi is there with more on fix it since. Mola lenghi is there with more on this. Reporter they think the age of the pipe may have been a factor in this water main break. Its 73 years old and when it busted today, it spilled 6 million gallons of water onto this street. Rhode island avenue, more like rhode island r, this stretch of rhode island and credit r, t island and crittendon was drowning this afternoon. Im looking at it thinking to myself this is a mess. Reporter for three hours water poured out of a broken water main as wssc crews searched for the valve closest to the break to shut off the water. Once they did cleanup began clearing mud, rocks and road debris left over from when the main busted through the road. This is a bad situation. Theres no two ways about it. Reporter next crews pumped out the deep puddles of water around the break to access the main and figure out what type of break theyre working with. Theres two types of water main breaks. Theres where the break is on the length of the pipe called a stiff break and a circle break where the pipe breaks around the circumference of the break. Circle break is much easier to fix. You put a clamp on it and put it in service. If its split, you cut out a section, put in a new section and that takes a little longer. Reporter either way this stretch of rhode island avenue will be shut down at least through friday morning. Im just trying to process how this is going i guess be rectified in the next day or so. This is major. This is a major intersection in the way to d. C. Reporter its usually a major intersection, but friday it will be a major work zone. As you can see, crews still pumping water out of the area there, 6 million gallons of water as we mentioned earlier. So this is going to be a long project. They expect to work through the night. They have opened up one lane southbound on rhode island avenue and creditten don street. They creditten credittenton street. This northbound avenue will be closed from now through tomorrow morning and theyre hoping to have it reopened by tomorrow afternoon. This is certainly going to take a few hours at the very least. In hyattsville im mola lenghi for wusa9. Come up with an alternate plan. New tonight an anc commissioner in Dupont Circle is accused of attacking a homeless man and using a racial slur. According to the arrest war leo dwyer allegedly attacked the man by spraying him with a cleaning liquid early monday morning. There were other Homeless People around, too. Dwyer is accused of throwing their belongings into the street. Marion barrys son christopher will spend the next week behind bars. He was pulled over for a broken taillight wednesday and thats when cops discovered he was driving on a revoked license. The 34yearold had a few brushes with the law. In may he was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. Barry will remain in jail until a hearing august 7th. A star witness returned to the witness stand for day three of the mcdonnells corruption trial. He did not disappoint. The jurors got a chance to touch the often talked about piece of evidence, the rolex watch. Peggy fox was there. Reporter he smiled as he walked with photographers and reporters and seemed to enjoy the attention. Late in the day Maureen Mcdonnells defense team began crossexamining mr. Williams and started by asking him to tell his life story about how he became a multimillionaire and everyone in the courtroom could see what a great story tell are and salesman he is. Teller and salesman he is. Jonnie williams admitted on the stand today he knew what he was doing was wrong, maybe illegal. He lavished the mcdonnells with expensive gifts, 120,000 in loans, golf outings, stays in a vacation home, shopping sprees in new york, use of his ferrari. He said he gave the gifts to get the governors help in securing statefunded studies on his companys Star Scientifics Health Supplement called annatto block. He never got the study. He said he never told Star Scientific about most of the gifts including the 17,00 rolex watch he gave to the governor because he said, i should not have to buy things like that to get the help i needed. I made a mistake when i bought it. I knew it was wrong. Williams said it was mostly maureen who kept asking. One time he said she asked him to buy a car for one of her children. He refused this time and said, i thought we had an understanding. She was helping me. They were helping me. But the thought of writing a check to a car dealership for one of the mcdonnells children i didnt even know, i just had a tough time with that. Williams said on the stand that hes been known to buy 5,000 bottles of cognac for friends. As for himself, he said he does not like cognac. He prefers milk changes from carls in fredericksburg. In richmond peggy fox, wusa9. Whats better than flying first class . Flying on your own chartered plane, of course, and that is exactly what a couple dozen u. S. Senators have done when they travel about their homestate and theyre doing it on your dime, this according to arrestor in our sister paper usa today a story in our sister paper usa today. That story says the senators spent a total of a million bucks on charter planes, but the Political Editor told me its all very much by the book. The senators are telling us this is the best way to get around and meet constituents and they say it is not wasteful because its saving a lot of time in the end they would otherwise spend stuck in traffic and doing other things. There you go. Voters can decide ey agree. The no. 1 spender on those charter flights, new york democrat Charlie Schumer followed by fellow democrat kirsten gillibrand. The senate wont address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youth arriving at the u. S. mexico border. The bill only got 50 votes and needed 60. It came hours before the Senate Adjourns for a fiveweek recess. Republicans are still working to pass a border bill in the house. Congress passed a landmark bill to help veterans this evening. That landmark bill to help veterans avoid long waits for healthcare and fix problems at the department of Veterans Affairs moved forward. Its already passed the house. The 16. 3 billion measure is now headed to the president s desk. If you are enjoying a late night snack, youve got about two minutes to finish it. When we get back, russ ptacek has tonights restaurant alert and lets just say theres a repeat violator at a chain youve almost certainly visited. Plus want to bring a smile to a childs face . Grab your laptop and after the break well show you how to take part in operation backpack, quick and easy. You dont even have to leave your couch. Tropical storm bertha just formed, the latest on the Tropical Storm and take you out with wakeup weather, a couple possible showers in the morning, 64 to 70 early, mid 60s to low 70s at 7 00 and in the 70s by 9 00. Well come back and talk about our name your price tool helps oh, jamie, you got a Little Something on the back of your shoe there. A price tag danger price tag alert oh. Hey, guys. Price tag alert is this normal . Well, progressive is a price tag free zone. We let you tell us what you want to pay, and we help you find options to fit your budget. Where are they taking him . I dont know. This seems excessive decontamination in progress. I dont want to tell you guys your job, but. Policies without the price tags. Now, thats progressive. If your favorite burrito place charts with ch, you might want to hold your ears the next 90 seconds. Again you might want to listen in because to go with all the attractions one maryland location is now getting russ ptaceks infamous repeat violator. Reporter its trouble that began july last year. A customer complaint led to a chipotle closure then and now 12 months later here we are again, another complaint, another closure. Oh, yeah . What . Reporter remember that guy . That was last year when the Montgomery County Health Department said they had a complaint about this aspen hill chipotle on connecticut avenue. The complaint said there was a roach in the food and inspectors found no hot water provided at all sinks and this guy gave us our favorite reaction ever. Oh, yeah . What . Reporter wait till he hears whats happened now. Repeat violator. Reporter now the wusa9 restaurant alert app shows a july 90 inspection this year at the same july 9th inspection this year at the same chipotle out of compliance for cold holding temperature. When we checked the countys paper reports, it gives more details citing foodborne illness complaint received from customers and mentions potentially hazardous foods held at 60 degrees and above. Thats almost 20 degrees warmer than the maximum 41 degrees or colder. Also closed in Montgomery County, karens deli located in the lobby of this research Boulevard Office be in rockville. The wusa9 restaurant alert app shows karens out of compliance for food protected from contamination and out of compliance for proper hand washing. Digging deeper into Montgomery Countys july 15th paper inspection report for karens it cites employee preparing grill cheese sandwich grabs a sandwich after placing hands with gloves in the trash can. Sandwich discarded. Grab your smartphone. By checking the wusa9 restaurant alert app yourself you can track all those restaurants most recent inspections which theyve all passed. Theyre all back in business. Text food to 25543 and well send you a link. Im Investigative Reporter russ ptacek. Going back to school is almost certainly the last thing on your kids mind right now. Some kids in our area cant wait to get back to class even though their families cant afford to get them the School Supplies they need. Thats why question teamed up with volunteers of america and toyota to help homeless kids with operation backpack. Jan jeffcoat spoke to some of the adorable kids at the Baileys Crossroads Community Shelter in falls church, virginia. Reporter what do you want to be when you grow up . Maybe like a teacher. Reporter why . Because in my school they give treats and everything. Reporter the teachers get treats . Uhhuh. Reporter what kind . Fruits, popcorn, coffee and tea. Reporter what about the kids . Nothing. Reporter what do you want to be when you grow up . A police. Reporter Police Officer . Why is that . Because you can like take care of people and dogs, too. Well, you could be part of the first Online School supply drive with wusa9 operation backpack. Go to our website www. Wusa9. Com. On the lefthand side of the page youll see operation backpack. Click on it. Choose a childs poll of. You can purchase directly from profile. You can purchase directly from their Amazon Wish List and all those supplies will go right to the organization and directly to that child. The real tragedy is nobody gives the weatherman treats. No. We rarely get treats. Are you kidding me . He gets all kinds of treats. People mail you treats all the time. About five minutes ago i said it was going to become Tropical Storm bertha. It is located about 275 miles east, southeast of barbados moving west at 20. Winds are minimal strength. It has to be 39 Miles Per Hour or higher for a Tropical Storm to occur. It does look like it takes it over the dvr and then it heads toward the bahamas. By sunday at 8 p. M. Winds are still 40 miles an hour. Good time to go to our website www. Wusa9. Com and download our hurricane tracker. Its free. Thats for pc. If you want to track this with us, download our weather app. Go to the app store and search for wusa9 radar. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, not as cool as it has been, 79, dew point coming up in the 60s which means relative humidity almost uncomfortable. Weather headlines mild start with a few showers tomorrow, dont anticipate any problems with the showers. Camp temperatures, pretty nice in the 70s, warm with afternoon showers and thunderstorms tomorrow, the second batch. I think the showers will taper off tomorrow night. If you want to have a cookout tomorrow night, you probably can. More showers and storms develop overnight friday into saturday. 6 00 in the morning heres futurecast, temps upper 60s in the burbs, low 70s downtown, some showers and a few flecks of yellow, heavier thunderstorms possible in Charles County back into the northern neck. Not everyone will see a shower or storm in the morning. By 8 00 coming southbound on 270, dry, just have a lot of clouds. Some showers in fredericksburg possible in 8 00. We get in the afternoon hours, they kind of dissipate at 1 00. We have some showers building again to the south and in the mountains. By 4 00 a couple showers possible again over into maybe st. Marys county, Calvert County and by 6 00 perhaps a shower or sprinkle. Driving home should not be a problem. Weve issued a matter on saturday. The showers to the south will pull up to the north. It could cause problems if youre trying to jog or bike ride. Break this down. Showers possible in the morning, in the 70s, 76 by 11 00, 79 by 1 00, could be a thunderstorm. Theres your yellow alert for saturday, 83, thunderstorm on sunday, probably fewer, high temperatures 85. The next seven days the nats in town, nats on 9 on saturday. Temperatures heating up, near 90 monday through thursday, keep tuesday dry, the rest of the days a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. Bertha is here. Dont come around here. What are we looking at, maam . The talk of the day, ray rice in owings mills speaking for the first time about the incident, more of his Emotional Press Conference coming up. Plus we take you to richmond to talk about some football that went on today, full we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. Whats it like paying for internet rated 6 out of 7 in Customer Satisfaction . Not good, its not the best. No, its not fun. Look at it this way, youre kind of on top. If i was like this, all day. Switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios 1. Sign up for a verizon fios triple play online with a 2year agreement and get an amazing 400 back plus a free lg g tablet or up to 200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. But hurry, dont wait this great offer ends august 10th. Todays practice at owings mills must have been the longest and most dreaded for ray rice knowing at the end he was going to face a firestorm of media. When camp broke, rice was seen crying on the field with his teammates gathered for support. Its the first time rice has spoken about the incident since being handed the suspension. This time he had no prepared biggest mistake om the heart, of his life. He apologized not just to his wife janay but all victims of Domestic Abuse but said the hardest pill for him to swallow is his daughter finding out what happened. I have a little girl who is very smart, very intelligent and one day shes going to know the power of google and me having to explain that to her, you know, what happened that night. Last thing i want my daughter to do is regret me. That is the news from owings mills. Lets head down to richmond and dave owens, redskins camp where the focus is on football. Reporter thursdays practice was highlighted by a visit from nfl officials who wanted to address the team on points of emphasis. Defensive backs beware, bottom line. The refs are going to crack down on defensive holding in 2014 to which head coach jay gruden says [ raspberry ] im an offensive guy, but holy cow, we cant get a flag on every play. We got to get a clarification on the exact rule and police it because there were a couple today theres no way they should have been flagged, but they were. So we have to make sure we communicate the exact rule. Reporter meanwhile gruden said he cut the workout short because he if the guys were a little sore. Tyler polumbus missed Early Practice due to personal reasons and was back on the field in the afternoon walk through and got a hug from griffin. I caught up with chris baker who told me what they put on film in 2013 aint going to cut it. This whole offseason weve been keeping in contact with each other and the thing weve been saying is lets not be good. Lets be great. Reporter the defense has definitely got to get better in 2014. Back in pads for practice tomorrow and then theyll get ready for fan day. They expect about 18 to 20,000 people here. Should be a fun weekend. For now back to you in the studio. Thanks, dave. Some baseball, nationals in action tonight back home hosting the phillies, bottom 5th, bases loaded for denard span hits the bouncer up the right side, bryce harper scores but the phillies bats too hot, 17 hits to just eight for the nats. Marlon byrd puts the game out of reach in the 8th. Phillies win big 104. Today was the trade deadline. They acquired two time allstar cabrera from the indians for zach walters who will play j do you guys do instant hey, i losreplacement . Ard. snap what just happened . Check your wallet. No. No way. Your debit card should arrive in 710 business days. Its time to bank human again. Get debit cards on the spot, and no monthly fee checking with just a 100 minimum balance at td bank. Americas most convenient bank. Sometimes come out with spots . Well, those spots are actually leftover food or detergent residue. Can we help prevent this . Yes, use finish jet dry. It goes in your dishwashers dispenser to help eliminate spots and residues. 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